Pretend that you are Smith interviewing one of the individuals that I assigned you to deal with in class today. Write a letter to a close friend describing that character's personality and behavior, paying close attention to her/his language, pronunciation, choice of words, idiosyncrasies, hair, dress, gestures, and mannerisms. Indicate to your friend your opinion of that individual and how you plan to portray him/her in your production. Link the letter to your Portfolio page.
Dear Close Friend,
I interviewed the father of Gavin Cato, Carmel Cato. It was heartbreaking to listen to his accounts of watching his child die and not being able to do anything. His interview was odd in a way. He looked very disheveled, hair uncombed , but that is to be expected considering what he's gone through. He sounded very emotionless at the start of the interview, almost cut off from any sort of feeling. He seemed to be in sort of a daze. Questioning the literal timing of the event and the off story of what he was doing the second it happened. His choice of words were odd at the beginning in comparison to the end. The interview ended with Carmel much more angry and emotional towards the justice system and the jewish community. Though, from that anger, I would've thought he would have phrased the accident as his child being killed instead of "the child was hit". He said he had a feeling something bad was coming, and he concluded he was special. The jewish community couldn't intimidate him. But for the justice system, his emotion was most present. The amount of anger he felt at the world was evident.
I believe the man is in such a bad place right now. His mind set is feeling a range of emotions from guilt to depression to rage. He is lost in his own pain and I believe the only clear thing to him is the anger he has and his ability to direct, not the blame, but maybe his own feelings towards the justice system and the jewish. I would not portray him like some of the other characters who were all yelling and rage. Carmel's was a more painful and slightly hysterical anger. It was more fined and honed towards a specific goal. There was definitely a build up of emotion in this interview and that would be another thing I would portray.
Dear Close Friend,
I interviewed the father of Gavin Cato, Carmel Cato. It was heartbreaking to listen to his accounts of watching his child die and not being able to do anything. His interview was odd in a way. He looked very disheveled, hair uncombed , but that is to be expected considering what he's gone through. He sounded very emotionless at the start of the interview, almost cut off from any sort of feeling. He seemed to be in sort of a daze. Questioning the literal timing of the event and the off story of what he was doing the second it happened. His choice of words were odd at the beginning in comparison to the end. The interview ended with Carmel much more angry and emotional towards the justice system and the jewish community. Though, from that anger, I would've thought he would have phrased the accident as his child being killed instead of "the child was hit". He said he had a feeling something bad was coming, and he concluded he was special. The jewish community couldn't intimidate him. But for the justice system, his emotion was most present. The amount of anger he felt at the world was evident.
I believe the man is in such a bad place right now. His mind set is feeling a range of emotions from guilt to depression to rage. He is lost in his own pain and I believe the only clear thing to him is the anger he has and his ability to direct, not the blame, but maybe his own feelings towards the justice system and the jewish. I would not portray him like some of the other characters who were all yelling and rage. Carmel's was a more painful and slightly hysterical anger. It was more fined and honed towards a specific goal. There was definitely a build up of emotion in this interview and that would be another thing I would portray.